ITALIAN VISUAL POETRY 1912-1972
Uncommon catalogue of Futurist-influenced visual poetry throughout the greater part of the twentieth century.
Uncommon catalogue of Futurist-influenced visual poetry throughout the greater part of the twentieth century.
Scarce catalogue of an exhibition introducing eight mid-'80s photographers from West Berlin to the American public.
First printing of this attractive book that chronicles Beuys's massive autobiographical work ARENA, composed of 100 panels of mounted black-and-white photos.
Very scarce collection of visual imagery in a wide variety of media, produced as part of an international project on Non Verbal Communication originated by Angers School of Art with participation from several art schools in England and Germany.
Later printing of Bukowski's 1983 short story, with Crumb's well-matched illustrations detailing every loathsome square inch of the author's "sick son-of-a-bitch[es]".
First printing of these lithographs by Carzou, including six in color printed by Mourlot Frères, with accompanying text by curator Robert Rey.
Scarce exhibition catalogue from the groundbreaking first show of Darger's previously unknown works.
Scarce catalogue of the 1969 exhibition of Arte Povera and Conceptual Art, less known but as innovative and groundbreaking as the same year's more-mythologized "When Attitudes Become Form," and similarly an expression of its own curator's personality and vision.
Rare signed portfolio documenting Hsieh's third extended performance piece, a full year in New York City spent outside shelter of any kind (save for 15 hours inside a police station courtesy of the NYPD), issued in conjunction with an installation at Franklin Furnace.
Original exhibition catalogue, with an interview with the artist by curator King and a critical essay by Feld.
Signed first printing of this exhibition catalogue for the first US retrospective of Acconci's work.
Rare catalogue of the third Havana Biennial, a rich and energetic exhibition with a global reach, curated by the staff of the Centro Wifredo Lam under Cuba's Ministry of Culture, opening a week before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
First edition catalogue of this major international exhibition, conceived as a anti-colonialist corrective to the contemporary art-world ethnocentrism typified by MoMA's much-criticized 1985 "Primitivism" show.
Scarce first printing of this distinctive black-and-white photobook of the effervescent art world of 1960s New York, featuring Warhol, Duchamp, Johns, Lichtenstein and more.
Signed first edition of this monograph on the Polish-American photojournalist and portrait photographer.
Very scarce limited first edition catalogue of proposals, drawings, descriptions, and diagrams issued in conjunction with the groundbreaking conceptual art exhibition curated by Spear at Oberlin College's Allen Art Museum in 1970.
Uncommon catalogue of Szeemann's innovative and controversial 1969 exhibition, an international survey of Postminimalist and Arte Povera work which played a major role in redefining the role of the modern curator.